To say to the painter that Nature is to be taken as she is, is to say to the player that he may sit on the piano.
James McNeill Whistler Quotes
Showing all text quotesBirth: | 1834 |
Death: | 17th July, 1903 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Painter |
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler was born in Lowell, Massachusetts,USA. He was an American painter, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He educated at the United States Military Academy, West Point. His famous signature for his paintings was in the shape of a stylized butterfly possessing a long stinger for a tail. His most famous painting is "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1", commonly known as Whistler's Mother, the revered and oft-parodied portrait of motherhood.
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